[bluetraveller]

Don't have to take art classes when I can come see the quality of work produced on this site!

The range of styles is incredible!

-definitely one of the best threads I've encountered!
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[bluetraveller]

3 rd picture of me.....and the last one. This is getting rather self-indulgent!
I just wanted to see if i could do it.

Process:
I used photoshop just using the round brushes. The only variant I used was the "flow" feature. I always keep the opacity at 100% Also, I paint with my mouse. I don't like using my wacom... hey! It works for me! Sometimes i use the wacom for details like eyes but not in this picture.

Thanks for putting up your work everyone. You've inspired me to finally get my butt in gear!

-bye!
it's been fun.

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[ChiaNi]

bluetraveller: I like your newly work. I see you break through bottle neck. make your painting fun to look at. Hope not the last one. I like to see your face more.
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[yeah bob]

Chiani: how d'you do that? it's really beautiful and you are beautiful!... and ... oh yeah, very well done!

Well.. be careful! Do you know Narcisse? eheh


bye all and keep posting!!
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[ChiaNi]

yeah bob: Yes. He is my friend. hahhaha. We just had cup of tea. kidding.

Yes I read about his story. He inlove with his own image on the surface of the lake. then He like to kiss the image and fall in to the lake and drowned. After he died by the lake grow daffodil. People think the flow is transfrom by him.

I remenber when I were little girl. I had a book about his story and have the illustration of him. I quess the Illustrator didn't do a good job of him. in the book the illustration make him looks not so handsome. I like to say he looks near ugly.

I can't understand the guy looks like that will love his image so much and even though kill by the self image. I asked my mother why the guy so ugly will think he is so beautiful and can't love anybody else? Can't remenber what my mother replay.

No. 106

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[yeah bob]

Chiani: Narcisse wasn't ugly, not logical, maybe it's a personal interpretation from writer of your book.

Narcisse was so beautiful that nobody could be insensitive. But he didn't understand why, in fact his partents refused that Narcisse knows, cause God Tir�sias has tell Narcisse would live if he never saw his face, why? i can't remember. But now why he was died? First because he saw himself on the lake (obvious), second he've refused to be linked with Echo (one god's daughter.) Thus it was a kind of revenge. So, while i was looking at him into the fountain, he fell in love with the waves which the lake returned to him (Echo, girl's name and phenomenon's name)so, he forgot to eat, to drink and he died. He took root at the edge of the fountain, he was transformed into a flower... called today Narcisse, a pretty flower which is reflected in water in summer, to decay with the autumn..

Some say that the lake was his mother (Lirop or Liriop, i can't remember), a pure woman who was raped and Narcisse was the result of this rape, some say he looked for his mother into the lake, one love unreachable .

The theme is - i think - self-centredness...


well, i should think to stop here

[ChiaNi]

yeah bob: thank you for the story. It sound much beautiful what I were read.

close up of the custume from archanwoman. Also selfpotrait.


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[GiTcH]

Used a mirror for reference. about 2 hours.

[Duracel]

Still one of my favorite threads!

And im still alive ... ^^



PS: Number 35 on Page 35.
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Detailling a speedpainting is nothing but speedpainting in detail.

[Matthew]

Greetings

This is the first time I post here, I have problems with this Portrait thing, I think it�s more difficult to draw my own face than others. This one is resemblance 90% I think, some problems with the mouth and the cheeks got a bit big.
What is the best way to draw portraits, do you draw the whole head first and then add details or do you people just draw one piece at the time? tips will be really appreciated. thank you.

Here�s my ugly Mug Bub:



Matthew

[Mon]

Duracel > you're on to something there, great feel and emotion in that one. Not a very happy piece though =)

cheers
Mon
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[Farley13]

here's self portrait gone wack. Tried somthing different - think it's still probably better than the other crap I did - comments and critism very welcomed!



Matt - dunno about the good peeps here, but generally I'll try to get values (painting) shape of the face, then cheeks brow, end of nose, chin and mouth, kinda puts everyhting on the map. So called planes are everything. Love to here other responses!
edit here's one : http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?s=f6994c218bcfd998e504c910bd091d91&threadid=416&goto=nextnewest
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[[666]Flat]

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[Matthew]

Farley13 - Thank you for tips and the link.

Matthew

[Farley13]

Flat that's great! Some crosshatching would be cool too
more learning needed:

more colors and stuff . . .
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[lilfrog]

Bit fanciful

[Farley13]

Love the tropical colors lilfrog! The nose seems to kinda get lost though, it's always hard to make suer your in the same position, a bit of fudging is always needed to maintain perspective!

had a bit of fun with this one, maybe it should have color who cares
about 1/2 hour



Farley
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[Mon]

Great colors lilfrog!



This is photoshop... Just needed to remind myself of how much easier life is with painter =)

/mon
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[ChiaNi]

a speedy one. about 7 mins. I will finish it.


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[ChiaNi]

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[Duracel]

Thx, Mon. Great lighting in yours as everytime!
lilfrog, yep, looks really great!

I have drawn a new one ... not really happy with it, i started with too much black in some parts - and pencil is a one-way-medium.
(and rubber doesnt work very well anytime)



PS: got a haircut today
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[ChiaNi]

No. 108 I finish 108 first. post no 107 later.

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[Farley13]

Chiani - as always impressive!
Mon - haha looks great as always. Mouth looks a bit off maybe . .
Duracel - I'd love to see a crazy sp from you!
blaegH - mine



Farley13
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[Mon]

this morning's warm-up experiment:


I only used the impasto brushes in painter, though I had to resize it so some of the cheezier moments got lost in it... It's only just now that I have been able to use those brushes, I got a new computer last week and my old one would throw a fit if I even thought about using cpu demanding tools. Now that I have tried it... well, I don't see why people complain so much about 'em =) I love it, makes me feel like rembrandt!

BTW, that hair-do is called "knullrufs" in swedish. Old photo, now my hair is 5mm all over =)

Farley13 - Yeah, that one was a stinker... Bad mouth-day =)
Duracel - Thanks!

Cheers!
Mon
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[Tomasis]

Mon: haha.. a rembrandt with "knullrufs" the nicest I have seen of your sp
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[Capt. Fred]

I like making stupid faces

Everyone else: great work, do more.

[Max]

Flat: great pro!!"

[Capt. Fred]

[Farley13]

Fred - haha those are great! I'd love to see the faces people would make if they saw you doing that for such a long time!

mine's simple. just a bit outa it. came out like a kid, which is how i'm feelin.



Farley13
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[Capt. Fred]

forgot to post some SPs.
gotta keep the thread up top.
more quick weirdo ones.